Ryder Cup legend claims Keegan Bradley plan would be '100 per cent chaos'

Daily Record

24-07-2025

European hero Sam Torrance believes dual role is a recipe for disaster and he's heard rumours of a skipper switch
Ryder Cup legend Sam Torrance has branded a Keegan Bradley player-captain role as "100 per cent chaos".
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And the European hero has revealed he's heard rumours that Jim Furyk is ready to assume the skipper's mantle at Bethpage Black.
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Torrance was both a winning player, captain and vice-captain at The Ryder Cup, but the prospect of one man adopting two roles leaves the Scot dumbfounded.
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Bradley is facing a tough situation with his excellent form making him a viable member of the team, despite the fact that he was awarded the leadership position 15 months ago.
Torrance was asked if his participation within he 12-man side could be a great advantage or a recipe for chaos and responded: 'No, it's 100 per cent chaos! I don't see it as even remotely possible to be a playing captain.
'I 100 per cent think the man should be in the team, but you can't be making decisions halfway around a round while you're playing.
'You have to remember, on Friday and Saturday at 12 noon, both days, you have to have your pairings in for the afternoon fourballs or foursomes, whichever they are.
'You can't possibly do that if you're in a match with five holes to go and you're three up: All right, I'll put myself in, I'm playing. And then you lose four of the last five holes. You'd be thinking: Oh no, what have we done there?
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'No, it's too important a role. He's a fabulous player, I think he's number seven in the world. He should be in the team.'
Talking to Lottoland, Torrance added: "I've heard rumours that maybe he'll pass the captaincy on to Jim Furyk. Then he can voice all his opinions in team meetings and everything. But there's just too much pressure, too much going on outside of playing for the captain. You can't do both.'
Bradley revealed at The Open last week that Tiger Woods is offering in-depth advice and support after he did the dual role during America's 2019 Presidents Cup triumph over The Internationals at Royal Melbourne.
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He said: 'Tiger has been really helpful. He obviously turned this position down and it came to me, so he's been very helpful in this process. Tiger has been really, really great to me over the course of my career.
"He does a lot of things for us players that he doesn't do for the media. so he's been really helpful to me my whole life.
'Really kind to me, actually. During this process, he's been one of the most helpful people that I've had.
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'So many times in my career I've leaned on other players to help me go through situations, whether it's endorsements or certain situations or how I feel in tournaments. I have no one to talk to about this. I can't call someone who's done it.
'Tiger did it at the Presidents Cup. I've spoken to him a ton about this. There's a few other guys that have done it in the Presidents Cup. The Ryder Cup is a much different animal.
'I want to obviously wait until the time comes to pick the players and see how I'm doing and, if there's somebody that is playing great that can take my spot, I'll be thrilled for that.
"I just want to put the best team on the course at Bethpage. I have to really figure out how this would work, but we have a plan. We have a 'for instance' that could happen.
'That can obviously change during the week. You've got to see how each player is playing. But we're learning as we go just like everybody else.'